Much has happened behind the scenes of the Facebook Ads Manager and so james is setting out a series of tests. spending money on various combinations of Adv+ and manual targeting to see what's working now.James also reveals the finalists for the 2025 Amazon Kindle Storyteller Award without giving away any judging secrets!USEFUL LINKS:Get 15% of annual plans at our sponsor ProWritingAid by using code IWC15Â https://www.prowritingaid.comJoin our Patreon for exclusive access including Live Q&As with James & Cara and your chance to discuss your writing career.https://www.indiewritersclub.com/support
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057 - The New Era of AI Searching
It's Friday! It's the Indie Writers Club!We continue our deep dive into the new era of searching using AI.Even if you are dead set against all things AI - you cannot ignore the fact that readers will be searching for your books using AI in the future. That means you need to adapt the way you describe your books, where you list them and a host of other things.If you want to learn more on this subject, I'd encourage you to sign up to Reedys's Ricardo Fayet's newsletter here: https://www.indiewritersclub.com/ricardo.OTHER USEFUL LINKS:Last night we had a great live Q&A with our top two tiers of Patreon supporters. You can be on the next call by signing up below:Â https://www.indiewritersclub.com/support
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056 - Get Your Books Ready for GEO!
The era of keywords and Google searches is coming to an end. Searching through a longer form conversation with an AI is already taking over. That means we need to get our blurbs and book packages ready for the new era.James & Cara discuss the take-aways from NINC including Ricardo Fayet's talk on GEO.USEFUL LINKS:Ricardo's Blog: indiewritersclub.com/ricardoJoin our Patreon for exclusive access including Live Q&As with James & Cara and your chance to discuss your writing career.https://www.indiewritersclub.com/support
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055 - Are Facebook Ads Back?
In episode 55, James reports from the Floridian beach where he's attending the annual NINC conference. He and Cara also report some encouraging signs from their Facebook Ads campaigns.USEFUL LINKS:Join our Patreon for exclusive access including Live Q&As with James & Cara and your chance to discuss your writing career. https://www.indiewritersclub.com/supportÂ
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054 - Becoming a Full Time Author
Making the switch from hobbyist to full-time author is a dream for many. But it comes with its own challenges. From two of us who have become full time self-employed, we go through some of the pitfalls and areas to think about.USEFUL LINKS:Self Publishing Launchpad is open for enrolment:https://www.learnselfpublishing.com/launchpadJoin our Patreon for exclusive access including Live Q&As with James & Cara and your chance to discuss your writing career.https://www.indiewritersclub.com/support
Cara Clare and James Blatch host a weekly light-hearted chat about all things self publishing. Join the Word Count Club to be a part of the accountability partnership. We'll support each other in getting the words done :)Send in your questions, comments and talking points to our discord channel.
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